Chapter 116 The Empire Hero

Time flies, and more than ten days have passed in a blink of an eye.

Meng Hu also arrived at the imperial capital Luojing under the escort of the Guards. This was the first time Meng Hu saw Luojing City. He saw a majestic outline from a distance, with towering arrow towers, towering walls, and a wide moat. The west gate opposite the road was the west gate, and there was a small west gate south of the west gate.

There are three city gates at the west gate, a large city gate in the middle is closed, but the small doors on both sides are open. Crossing the moat, there are teahouses on both sides of the road, and there are many restaurants and inns. There are bustling traffic on the road, and there are endless merchants, pedestrians, and peddlers. It is worthy of being at the foot of the imperial city, and even outside the city is extremely lively.

Meng Hu and his party quickly entered the downtown area. The more than 200 cavalry accompanying him were veterans of the Guards, and each of them showed a strong murderous aura. Not to mention Zhang Xingba who followed Meng Hu closely, the whole ferocious evil spirit, especially the two dark iron halberds behind him, which made people frightened.

Before Meng Hu and his party approached, the pedestrians on the street avoided them.

Before Meng Hu and others approached the city gate, a team of city guards had already rushed out of the small gate on the left. The headed city guard officer stopped his horse and blocked his way and shouted sternly: "The people coming to the city stop. This is an important place in the capital, and foreign troops are not allowed to enter the city!"

According to the imperial regulations, only the imperial guards directly under the emperor can be stationed in Luojing City. In addition, even the Imperial Guards and Guards can only be stationed in the fort outside Luojing City. Therefore, the city guards who came out did not take the guards led by Huang Dan seriously, and looked like they were doing their own thing.

Huang Danche stepped forward and shouted loudly: "According to the order of the King of Yan, General Meng Hu of the Western Legion, who dares to stop him?"

"General Meng Hu!?"

The headed city guard officer's face changed drastically. He has also heard a lot of rumors about Meng Hu in the past two months. The news that Meng Hu is coming to Beijing in the past few days has spread throughout the imperial capital. Almost all the people in the imperial capital are talking about the generals of the Western Legion, and the hello from the superiors have also said hello. Once Meng Hu arrives, he will report it immediately.

The city guard officer did not dare to be negligent anymore, and bowed respectfully to Meng Hu, and said with apology: "General, wait a moment, this will make people open the city gate."

After saying that, the city guard officer waved his hand and led dozens of cavalry guards into the small city gate like wind swept away the remaining clouds.

After entering the small city gate, the city guard officer ordered the soldiers to open the main gate, and urgently condemned the fast horses to report to the Yan Palace and the Governor's Office.

Meng Hu and his party waited outside the city for a while, and more and more onlookers were crowded on both sides of the street. Many people heard the conversation between Huang Dan and the city guard officers. When these people heard that Meng Hu had entered the capital, they were very excited. They rushed to both sides of the road to point fingers at Meng Hu and Zhang Juba on the horses. There were many young girls in the crowd, and as they were talking, they would chuckled like silver bells from time to time.

Zhang Juba didn't know how to be sympathetic and thought these young girls were laughing at him. He groaned and turned his head to stare at the two girls who were smiling the most. The two girls couldn't help but exclaim when they saw Zhang Xingba's fierce look, and the timid man fainted.

At this moment, the closed middle door slowly opened with a harsh creaking sound. Two teams of city guards holding golden swords surged out of the gate and entered the street to form human walls, blocking the onlookers from outside the human walls. A team of imperial guards appeared closely behind the city guards.

He is worthy of being the Imperial Guard directly under the imperial emperor, and his momentum is extraordinary.

The Imperial Guardians were wearing exquisite purple battle robes, and the battle robes were also covered with gorgeous golden armor. They shone brightly under the sun, making people unable to open their eyes. The bunches of chicken-shaped feathers on the helmets of the Imperial Guardians showed the royal pomp. This thing was only the governor dared to wear in local provinces.

Following behind the Imperial Army was a neatly formed Royal Military Band. The front row was a single person holding a small trumpet, the second row was a medium trumpet that was carried by two people, the third row was a giant trumpet that was carried by four people on their shoulders, the fourth row was a waist drummer, and the last row was a pirate with a crescent zither.

Amid the majestic horn sounds, the intense waist drum sounds and the graceful crescent piano, four drivers slowly drove out from the main entrance in a gorgeous four-horse carriage. The four horses were pure white in fur, with horse heads, necks and backs all covered with exquisite purple battle robes and gorgeous golden horse armor, and the horse's heads were also covered with chicken-shaped feathers.

A handsome and majestic general stood proudly on the gorgeous chariot, but the position he stood was obviously slightly to the right, and the half of the parking space that looked more respectable on the left was empty.

At this grand formation, the people of the imperial capital who were watching on both sides of the street cheered. Although they lived at the foot of the imperial city and were used to seeing the royal show, such big scenes as today are rare. It seems that the farewell ceremony of the second prince when he went to war more than a month ago was not so grand.

Huangdan and the more than 200 cavalrymen of the Guards looked excited, and they couldn't help but thrust their chests.

Zhang Xingba, a rash man, still had a fierce face. Although this guy had never seen big scenes, he was born with a cold killer character. In his eyes, this grand show was like a child playing house. It was called nonsense. If it weren't for Meng Hu's sake, he would have been too lazy to mess with him.

Only Meng Hu was solemn in his heart. He was just a division commander of the Western Legion. Can he need such a grand welcome ceremony? I am afraid that even if the governors of the eight provinces arrived in the imperial capital, they would not be able to enjoy such a welcome ceremony? King Mengke of Yan must have his intention to do this, but what is his intention?

As Qi Diaozi analyzed before leaving, Meng Ke urgently summoned himself to Beijing this time just to test himself. The grand welcome ceremony is naturally testing himself. Since it is a test, he might have to cooperate with Meng Ke to perform a good show. Thinking of this, Meng Hu had a scheming in his heart.

In a flash, Meng Hu's tranquility and calmness had disappeared, replaced by pride on his face, and his eyes showed unconcealed arrogance.

In the eyes of everyone, the gorgeous chariot stopped in front of Meng Huma.

The handsome general turned over and got out of the car, stroked his chest with his right hand and saluted Meng Hu, and said loudly: "According to the order of the King of Yan, Governor Meng Wu of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor, I would like to invite the great imperial hero to take the Triumph Chariot to Triumph Square."

"Um."

Meng Hu, who had already turned over and dismounted, nodded and did not respond. He raised his head and boarded the gorgeous triumphal chariot. Then he lightly supported the chariot with his left hand and raised his right hand over the top, waved to the people on both sides of the street, and looked at the posture and appearance, completely treating himself as an empire hero who returned from triumphantly.

The people on both sides of the street cheered like a tsunami.

Governor Meng Wu of Gyeonggi curled his lips, feeling unhappy, thinking to himself, why are you a country man? Isn’t it just that you won a few battles in the western provinces? What’s so cool? I really don’t know what the prince thought, but he actually held such a grand welcome ceremony for this country man, making him look like a triumphant hero. It’s unreasonable.

Speaking of which, Mengwu is also the Governor of the Gyeonggi, but he is incomparable to the eight local governors. The local governor holds power and military power. Mengwu, the Gyeonggi governor, has neither regime nor military power, and the only city guards are only organized by four regimes, and they only serve as the Beijing guards.

But no matter how much Meng Wu is also the Governor of the Gyeonggi at the foot of the imperial city. It is conceivable that Meng Hu, a country bumpkin who entered Beijing for the first time, was so dissatisfied. However, even though he was unhappy, the things that King Yan had to be executed without fail. At that moment, Meng Wu also joined the chariot and stood at Meng Hu's head.

The four drivers slowly turned around, held the horses and cheered the crowd, slowly crossed the suspension bridge, passed the middle gate and entered Luojing City. The accompanying imperial guards and military bands also followed, and walked into the west gate, and formed a human wall to maintain order. The city guards finally retreated to the city, and the open middle gate slowly closed.

At this point, the welcoming ceremony outside the city officially came to an end. The people who were watching on both sides of the street also dispersed. Many enthusiasts rushed through the small gates on both sides of the middle gate and chased into the city to continue watching the fun. Although the ceremony outside the city had ended, the ceremony in the city had just begun.

Indeed, the triumphal ceremony in the city has just begun.

The news of Meng Hu entering Beijing spread like wildfire, and the wind spread throughout the empire. The people of the empire who had always liked to watch the fun were crowded in the streets and gathered in Triumph Square, crowded on both sides of the wide Triumph Avenue.

Triumph Square is also called Luojing Square. A huge three-story platform rises from the north of the square. A ninety-nine-level white marble steps lead from the square to the top of the platform. The majestic and magnificent Zhengyang Gate is located at the top of the platform. Passing through the Zhengyang Gate and passing through the huge Zhengyang Square, the magnificent Zhengyang Hall is the magnificent Zhengyang Hall.

Zhengyang Hall is the Golden Palace commonly known as the Golden Palace in the imperial capital.

Knowing that the King of Yan was going to summon the imperial hero Meng Hu at Zhengyang Gate, the yellow-clad eunuch in the palace set up a glass screen in front of Zhengyang Gate early, and then placed the King of Yan's chair in the middle of the screen. In this way, the King of Yan's vision of the Triumph Avenue would not be blocked, and the bitter cold wind blowing from the northwest was blocked outside the screen.

King Mengke of Yan was already sitting steadily on the chair. Looking down from his height, you could see the Triumph Avenue that stretched straight towards the center of the city.

Triumph Avenue spans the entire Triumph Square. On the east and west sides of Triumph Square are large buildings made of marble. These buildings are full of beauty and make people happy to see. This is the office space of the Sixth Ministry of the Empire and the magnificent palace represent the highest architectural achievements of the Glorious Empire.
Chapter completed!